瞥
piē

take fleeting glance at

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
敝
敝 Sound component
bì worn out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰed
pʰeːd
Unicodepiɛt

說文解字

過目也。又，目翳也。从目敝聲。一曰財見也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)